RACING POINT RP20

Racing Point unveiled its RP20 chassis only once the car had pulled out of the garage to conduct its first laps on track. Heavily inspired by Mercedes’ car from 2019, Racing Point has gone all-in for this year in a bid to challenge for podiums

JAKE BOXALL-LEGGE AND TIM WRIGHT

IS IT A ‘CLONE’? On the face of it, the RP20 is very heavily influenced by the Mercedes W10, but the team hasn’t opted for a symbiotic B-team relationship akin to Haas or AlphaTauri. “We’re limited to gearbox and some of the outboard suspension,” explains technical director Andy Green. “All the internal suspension is Racing Point designed, always has been, and obviously all the aerodynamic side and chassis side has to be Racing Point. There is no data transfer there, it’s not allowed in the regulations. “We decided to take a risk and that risk was basically to tear up what we’ve done in the past few years and start again from scratch, from what we could see Mercedes had been doing. All we’ve got is what we see, and that’s what we’ve…

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